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Thursday, July 24, 2025
TopicIndian Railways

Topic: Indian Railways

Kulhads aren’t exactly the eco-friendly alternative to plastic cups you think they are

Scientists say it’s better to use earthen cups than single-use plastics but ‘kulhads’ don’t have small carbon footprint & can take decades to degrade.

IRCTC to run 2 Tejas Expresses, offers Rs 25 lakh travel insurance & home luggage pick-up

The Delhi-Lucknow and Mumbai-Ahmedabad Tejas Express will be test cases for the Indian Railways allowing private operators to run trains.

Vande Bharat Express taking Vaishno Devi pilgrims to Katra won’t serve non-veg food

The proposed Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express is likely to be rolled out as soon as normalcy is restored in J&K.

‘Vande Bharat like Chandrayaan & BrahMos, vigilance probe will kill spirit of innovation’

In letter to Railway Board, senior officer Shubhranshu, one of the brains behind the Train-18 project, has said allegations of undue favour 'far from truth'.

Shatabdi and Rajdhani trains look at 90-minute shorter travel time by 2022

Rail ministry has also proposed to increase average speed of all other passenger trains — from 60 to 80 km/h — & freight trains — from 24 to 45 km/h.

Railways set to launch its commando unit, to be deployed in troubled areas like J&K

The Indian Railways' Commandos for Railway Safety (CORAS) has been set up to guard passengers and goods on trains in critical rail sectors in the country.

For kanwariyas, this is a time for free train rides — the ‘ticket’ is their saffron clothes

Kanwariyas say no one dares question them, and even TTEs don’t ask for tickets. But passengers complain of harassment, want separate coaches for kanwariyas.

Railways will offer incentives to contractors for early completion of projects: Piyush Goyal

Railways minister Piyush Goyal also said that monitoring is being done at various levels and meetings held with authorities concerned to resolve pending issues of progress of projects.

In 100-day plan of railways — reducing Delhi-Howrah, Delhi-Mumbai travel time by 5 hours

The plan is one of the 11 proposals prepared by the railways with instructions to implement them by August 31.

Railway officers must travel frequently by trains, chairman tells general managers

Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav advised managers to also interact with passengers when they travel by train.

On Camera

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

During Operation Sindoor, Pakistan likely used NATO-style aerial tactics taught by China

The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.